Mezzo-Soprano

A 40-minute song cycle for mezzo-soprano, solo violin, string quartet and youth solo violin. Texts by Gene Scheer based on [More]

A 40-minute song cycle for mezzo-soprano, solo violin, string quartet and youth solo violin. Texts by Gene Scheer based on stories about violins played by Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust; inspired by James Grymes’ book Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust – Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour (Harper [more]

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Four songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Original texts by Gene Scheer, inspired by iconic objects in the Smithsonian with a [More]

Four songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Original texts by Gene Scheer, inspired by iconic objects in the Smithsonian with a particular connection to a former First Lady of the United States. Commissioned by Vocal Arts DC to celebrate its 25th Anniversary Season with generous support from the Shamos Family Foundation, Yolanda C Oertel, MD, and [more]

For mezzo-soprano, cello and piano; also for mezzo-soprano, cello and orchestra (duration approximately 18 minutes). Three symphonic songs based on [More]

For mezzo-soprano, cello and piano; also for mezzo-soprano, cello and orchestra (duration approximately 18 minutes). Three symphonic songs based on poetry by the late Laura Morefield (1961-2011), commissioned for mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale Williams by Carnegie Hall and the Pittsburgh Symphony. First performance: Feb 17, 2015 by Jamie Barton, Anne Martindale Williams [more]

Opera in Two Acts based on the stories of two Holocaust survivors: Krystyna Zywulska and Gad Beck. (Duration: each act [More]

Opera in Two Acts based on the stories of two Holocaust survivors: Krystyna Zywulska and Gad Beck. (Duration: each act is approx. 45 minutes in length) Heggie & Scheer explored these stories in three previous one-act stage works (Another Sunrise; Farewell, Auschwitz; and For A Look or a Touch) and combined them into a full-evening [more]

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Companion books to the CD of the same name plus bonus material, featuring songs and arias for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor [More]

Companion books to the CD of the same name plus bonus material, featuring songs and arias for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone. Book 1 Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano. Book 2 Tenor and Baritone. HERE/AFTER Song Collections (2013) Book One: Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano Rise and Fall (2007) 1. Water Stone (Noguchi) 2. Incantation Bowl 3. Angels’ Wings [more]

Collections are published Songbooks or books of compositions. The songs and arias are often found individually in Recordings as well as Compositions. One or more recordings have been made. Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com.

For soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano, or with clarinet, violin, cello, bass, piano. Gene Scheer’s lyrics are free translations of lyrics created by Krystyna Zywulska while she was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Commissioned by Music of Remembrance (Mina Miller, Artistic Director) with support from Jonathan Green and Brenda Berry, Lloyd and Janet Cluff, John and Bernice [more]

A Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (piano reduction available), with texts by Gene Scheer based on the life [More]

A Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (piano reduction available), with texts by Gene Scheer based on the life and work of the French sculptor. Commissioned by San Francisco Performances and generously underwritten by Linda & Stuart Nelson. First Performance: Feb 4, 2012 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the [more]

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Duet for soprano & mezzo-soprano with new text by Charles Hart. Created for soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and mezzo Frederica [More]

Duet for soprano & mezzo-soprano with new text by Charles Hart. Created for soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and mezzo Frederica von Stade. First performance: March 29, 2011 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, OK.